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13 Cards in this Set
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What did Kievan rulers do after the death of Yaroslav I?
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They gave outlying towns to their younger sons to rule and ended up causing fights between them all over extending territories
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Who were the Polovtsians?
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Turks who ruled the region south of Kievan Russia; they raided Russia and caused trade to decline in Russia
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What invaders took over during Kiev's weakness?
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Mongols
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What did the Mongols do? (not good)
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taxed harshly; peasants owed landlords both some sort of taxes whether it be in money or in goods and they had to labor at specific times
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What did the Mongols do that was good?
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They didn't impose their way of life on the people
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What did the Mongols do that was beneficial?
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Created roads and improved taxation and communication
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What neighbors caused the Eastern Slavs trouble? WHY?
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Lithuania and Poland; because they took over northwestern Kievan territory to create their empire which was harsh towards the Eastern Slavs; also western christianity vs. eastern orthodox
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Who was Ivan I?
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Ivan I was the prince of Moscow that caused it to become the strongest principality because he cooperated with Mongols who rewarded him with the title of Grand Prince?
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Who was Ivan III?
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Ivan the Great; Grand Prince of Moscow; overthrew the Mongol rule; first ruler of the independant state of Russia; considered himself autocrat by the Grace of God; created a monarchy to last in Russia for a long time
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Who was Ivan IV?
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Ivan the terrible; got throne at age 3; boyars held power until he was old enough; when he was old enough he named himself czar-greek for ceasar and meant able administer; crazy; had own army (oprichniki); killed his own son; expanded Russia to be huge; autocracy
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oprichniki
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Ivan IV's personal army of several thousand men
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metropolitan new name
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patriarch
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third rome
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Russians felt Moscow was the 3rd Rome because the first fell to heresy and the second to noncatholics so they were the final that would bring spiritual light
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